导演:比尔·杜克
简介:Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller. The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narrationvoice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters. Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppieviolence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge. However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
本·阿弗莱克,亨利·卡维尔,艾米·亚当斯,盖尔·加朵,杰西·艾森伯格,戴安·琳恩,劳伦斯·菲什伯恩,杰瑞米·艾恩斯,霍利·亨特,斯科特·麦克纳里,卡兰·马尔韦,冈本多绪,布兰登·斯平克,劳伦·科汉,迈克尔·珊农
克里斯·帕拉特,布莱丝·达拉斯·霍华德,劳拉·邓恩,山姆·尼尔,杰夫·高布伦,德汪达·怀斯,马莫多·阿西,伊莎贝拉·瑟蒙,坎贝尔·斯科特,黄荣亮,奥玛·希,贾斯蒂斯·史密斯,丹妮艾拉·皮内达,斯科特·黑兹,迪辰·拉克曼,克里斯托弗·普拉哈,芙蕾雅·帕克,亚历山大·欧文,埃尔娃·崔尔,特蕾莎·森登·加西亚,瓦拉达·塞图,本·阿什登,小恩佐·斯奎利诺,格利尼斯·戴维斯,摩西·布林斯·普兰提,柯基·法尔考,迪米特里“维加斯”蒂瓦约,乔·阿佐帕迪,本·库克,伯纳多·桑托斯
杰夫·高布伦,朱丽安·摩尔,皮特·波斯尔思韦特,艾利斯·霍华德,理查德·阿滕伯勒,文斯·沃恩,凡妮莎·李·彻斯特,彼得·斯特曼,哈维·杰森,理查德·希夫,Thomas,F.,Duffy,约瑟夫·梅泽罗,阿丽亚娜·理查兹,小托马斯·罗萨莱斯,卡米拉·贝勒